How I Met Your Mother - False Positive

The TV show "How I Met Your Mother" is a show about a man named Ted, his friends(Lily, Marshall, Barney and Robin) and, as said in the title of the show, his life leading to the point at which he met the mother of his children, to whom he is retelling the story. And so in the twelfth episode of the sixth season, Ted, Robin and Barney go through Lily’s, Marshall’s wife, news of pregnancy(later on revealed as false) which leads all four of them (Ted not included) to rethink their lives then relapse into their old lives once they learn that Lily isn't really pregnant. In the end it was Ted who brought them all back to senses, telling them the things that they needed to hear.

                This show as a whole depicts what might be the norm of the world, always hanging out in bars, sexual relations out of marriage and stuff like that. And yet they still have an inert sense of good. Lily’s pregnancy caused them to reexamine their life so Barney gave his Christmas bonus to charity(not one of his strippers). This episode emphasized on following ones dreams, of Robin’s dream to be a reporter for a big network, and Lily and Marshall’s dream of having a baby.  They also have a great sense of community in that although they may have arguments at times, they share each other’s burdens, and they intervene when they see that a person has gone off to the far end. In this particular episode, Ted convinces the gang to be sensible and get them back from their relapse.  Christians should have this sense of community, an intentional community that will encourage one another and will rebuke when one has strayed off the path. Reexamining our lives gives us knowledge of what has gone wrong and what we need to do. We should keep our resolve and lift it up to God.

                But a couple of questions come up:

                Examine your dreams and your life goals, do you think that it would line up with what God has in store for you?

                Are you in an intentional community or are you just trying to live your life alone?